Mentoring

Program Requirements

The Mentoring curriculum involves 16 credit hours of course work and experiences. Courses and experiences in the mentoring core comprise 4 credit hours. The remaining 12 credit hours are distributed among the four component areas. Appropriate courses are selected with the assigned certificate advisor to design programs appropriate for individuals.

Mentoring Core – required courses/experiences

• LAI 638 Research on Mentoring, with Mentoring Institute Practicum - 3 Credit Hours
• CEP 700/ELP700/LAI 700 Mentoring Project/Presentation (capstone) - 1 Credit Hour

Electives – one course from each of the four component areas

• 1. Advanced issues in curriculum and pedagogy
• LAI 517 Advanced English Teaching
• LAI 522 Seminar in the Teaching of Social Studies
• LAI 530 Improving Elementary Science Instruction
• LAI 599 Technology & Curriculum Integration

• 2. Teacher learning and development in organizational context
• ELP 620 Perspectives on Staff Development
• ELP 682 Topics: Organizational Learning and Restructuring

• 3. Mentoring and supervision
• LAI 608 Supervision and Improvement of Instruction
• LAI 693 Topics: Mentoring
• ELP 689 Topics: Supervision and Mentoring of Teachers
• CEP 643 Teaching, Reflecting and Supervising

• 4. Researching teaching
• ELP 621 Action Research
• LAI 685 Methods of Child Study
• LAI 669 Qualitative Data Based Research in Education
• LAI 515 Research in Literature Teaching and Learning